Songs · UK Singles Chart
Fairytale of New York
The Pogues feat. Kirsty Maccoll
Entered Nov 29, 1987 · peaked at #2 on Dec 20, 1987 · 132 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 27, 2024
- Record Power
- 233.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 36
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 132
- November 1987 – December 2024
Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.What it earned each artist
Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pogues | primary | 70% | 171.4 |
| Kirsty Maccoll | featured | 30% | 73.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 20, 1987 on the timeline →- #1Always On My MindPet Shop Boys
- #2Fairytale of New YorkThe Pogues feat. Kirsty Maccoll
- #3Rockin' Around the Christmas TreeComic Relief, Mel, Kim Performed by Kim Wilde & Mel Smith
- #4When I Fall in LoveRick Astley
- #5Love LettersAlison Moyet
- #6The Way You Make Me FeelMichael Jackson
- #7When I Fall in Love {1987}Nat King Cole
- #8Heaven Is A Place On EarthBelinda Carlisle
- #9China in Your HandT'Pau
- #10What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me ForShakin' Stevens
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